Hey, I scooter through the inside of wrecks. Whats the problem? Jim Sender: Paltz, Art Date: 10/22/98 12:49 PM >I agree to some extent. I've got a scooter and I only rarely bring it >in the water. Depends on your objectives. They are great if you are >cruising the OUTSIDE of the wreck, no reefs in NJ/NY. I'm certain no >one would recommend using one inside...... I typically use my scooter >for digging or covering large areas of the wreck looking for entrance or >other digging spots. > >Nothing is absolute, it all depends on your objectives, just like the >type of scooter. Try digging with one of those powerful torpedo tow >behinds. You'd probably end up on the surface before you know it...... >:-) > >Art. > > -----Original Message----- > From: RMC [SMTP:halcyon@ha*.ne*] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 10:32 AM > To: cobber@mi*.co*; Dr. Neal Harman; cavers > Cc: techdiver > Subject: Re: Scooter Info. Request - Thanks > > > > > Cobber wrote in-part: > > "Gavins are not for cave only, they work fine in the ocean, too. >You have a > dive club or something like that? > > Once you get a scooter you will want to take it on every dive." > > Absolutely correct. > > Scootering adds a tremendous new dimension to diving. Being able >to cover > ten to fifty times the area with little efort for the same dive >is like > walking is to cafe racing. Anyone that has not tryed a proper >tow behind > single hand balanced scooter is missing the boat. A huge shit >eating grin > comes on my face when I think of our great reef runs with a >couple of my > best pals every week, not to mention three wrecks in one dive in >the off > season. > > RMC > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to >`techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to >`techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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